Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
August 10, 787 –886
Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher, Astrologer
Lived 98 years
- Born in
- Balkh
- Passed away in
- Wasit Governorate
Abu Ma‘shar al-Balkhi, Latinized as Albumasar (also Albusar, Albuxar, Albumazar; full name Abū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Balkhī ابومَعْشَر جعفر بن محمد بن عمر بلخی;
10 August 787 – 9 March 886, AH 171–272), was an early Persian Muslim astrologer, thought to be the greatest astrologer of the Abbasid court in Baghdad. While he was not a major innovator, his practical manuals for training astrologers profoundly influenced Muslim intellectual history and, through translations, that of western Europe and Byzantium.
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ma'shar_al-Balkhi